Star-Lord facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Star-Lord
Textless variant cover of Star-Lord #1 (December 2016). Art by Kris Anka
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Marvel Preview #4 (January 1976)
Created by	Steve Englehart Steve Gan
In-story information
Alter ego	Peter Jason Quill
Species	Human/Spartoi hybrid
Team affiliations	Guardians of the Galaxy Infinity Watch Ravagers United Front Nova Corps
Partnerships	Gamora
Notable aliases	Star-Lord Master of the Sun
Abilities	Human/Spartoi hybrid physiology grants him enhanced strength, durability, and longevity Strength augmentation via advanced suit Master tactician and field commander Expert hand-to-hand combatant and master martial artist Skilled marksman Expert user of various kinds of alien technology and weapons Flight via jet boots Utilizing dual elemental guns, and helmet providing survivability in space, and formerly used a universal translator implant in his neck

Star-Lord (Peter Jason Quill) is a character and superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Steve Englehart and Steve Gan, the character first appeared in Marvel Preview #4 (January 1976). The son of human Meredith Quill and Spartoi J'son, Peter Quill assumes the mantle of Star-Lord, an interplanetary policeman.

The character played prominent roles in the comic book storylines "Annihilation" (2006) and "Annihilation: Conquest" (2007), "War of Kings" (2008), and The Thanos Imperative (2009). He became the leader of the space-based superhero team Guardians of the Galaxy in the 2008 relaunch of the comic of the same name. He has been featured in a variety of associated Marvel merchandise, including animated television series, toys and trading cards.

Chris Pratt portrays the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Thor: Love and Thunder, and Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special (both 2022). Wyatt Oleff portrays a young Peter Quill in the first two Guardians of the Galaxy films. Pratt will return to play the character in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023). Quill also appeared in the Disney+ animated series What If...? (2021).

Powers and abilities

Star-Lord is a master strategist and problem solver who is an expert in close-quarter combat, various human and alien firearms, and battle techniques. He has extensive knowledge of various alien customs, societies, and cultures, and considerable knowledge about cosmic abstracts, such as Oblivion.

As Star-Lord, Peter Quill wears a suit that grants augmented strength and durability and the ability to travel through space. He uses an "Element Gun", a special meta-pistol capable of projecting one of the four elements (air, earth, fire and water). Star-Lord shares a psychic link with his sentient space vessel, Ship.

Ship is a sentient energy form. She most often exists in the form of a starship but can alter her structure at will. She can travel through air, space and water. She possesses many of the conventional starship accessories, including shields, energy blasters, advanced sensors, replicators (able to form any kind of food, drink, etc.), and hologram projectors. She has proven capable of creating a human form, which she can then animate and use as a host. Even if completely destroyed, she is capable of restoring herself, since her true form is her consciousness. In addition, she takes on a number of feminine characteristics, such as a mothering instinct for those she is partnered with. She has felt deeper attachments, including love for her partners.

Ship can create Widgets—small, mobile droids able to scout out situations, gather information, and then return to her. The full extent of Ship's abilities are unknown. During Star-Lord's battle with The Fallen One, his element gun, suit and Ship were destroyed. Due to severe injury, he was grafted with cybernetic implants by doctors on the Kyln, where he was sentenced. The eye implant allows him to see all energy spectra and the memory chip in his brain gives him 100% total recall.

On the Kree world of Aladon Prime, Star-Lord's cybernetic implants were removed. Star-Lord was outfitted with a Kree-issued heat-dampening espionage battle-suit, which became the hallmark look for the Guardians of the Galaxy, a battle helmet, and a universal translator, all of which he still uses. His battle helmet can analyze strategy data, improve vision, and regulate oxygen in space. Star-Lord's chosen weapons are two Kree sub-machine guns with various types of ammunition, including explosives. After escaping the Cancerverse, Peter acquires a new element gun(s), but he discards his armor.

As Master of the Sun - while meditating on his new lease on life, Quill showed he could antigravitate off the ground in a sitting position while trying to focus his powers for the upcoming battle. Often when Quill finds his center of being and/or is utilizing his power through the magitek sidearm. Quill's body glows a bright voluminous radiance that causes Star-Lord's entire bodily coloration to glow bright golden, the light emitted is so powerful he can blow apart a Symbiote Dragon by channeling said force through the blaster. Star-Lord's transformation has seemingly rendered him immune to psionic intrusion. as Moondragon could not penetrate the luminal defenses his mind seemed to subconsciously throw up whenever she drifted towards him. The Element Blaster initially held a finite charge limit to its ability to channel and redistribute energy towards manipulating natural materials, but after having gained total control over various metaphysical dynamics pertaining to the universe, Quill now acts as his own dynamo to power said weapon of choice. Quill has recently picked up new tricks, such as having a recall ability which guides his pistol back to his hand once he calls for it.

Other characters named Star-Lord

A three-issue limited series, Starlord, features a man Sinjin Quarrel who adopts the identity 12 years after the disappearance of the original Star-Lord (Peter Jason Quill). The series was published from December 1996 to February 1997. It was written by Timothy Zahn, with art by Dan Lawlis.

In other media

Television

• Star-Lord appears in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes episode "Michael Korvac", voiced by Steve Downes.
• Star-Lord appears in Ultimate Spider-Man, voiced by Chris Cox.
• Star-Lord appears in Avengers Assemble, voiced by Chris Cox (in the episode "Guardians and Space Knights") and by Will Friedle (in the episode "Widow's Run").
• Star-Lord appears in Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., voiced by Chris Cox (in "It's a Wonderful Smash" and "Guardians of the Galaxy"), and by Will Friedle (in "Planet Monster").
• Star-Lord appears in the Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers episode "Guardians of the Galaxy", voiced by Go Inoue in Japanese and Mick Wingert in English.
• Star-Lord appears in Guardians of the Galaxy, voiced again by Will Friedle.
• Star-Lord appears in Lego Marvel Super Heroes - Guardians of the Galaxy: The Thanos Threat, voiced again by Will Friedle.
• Star-Lord appears in the Spider-Man episode "Amazing Friends", voiced again by Will Friedle.

Film

Star-Lord makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in Planet Hulk.

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Chris Pratt portrays Peter Quill / Star-Lord in media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He first appears in the live-action film Guardians of the Galaxy, before making subsequent appearances in the live-action films Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, and Thor: Love and Thunder. Additionally, he also appears in The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special while an alternate timeline version appears in the Disney+ animated series What If...?, voiced by Brian T. Delaney.

Video games

• Star-Lord appears in LittleBigPlanet as part of the "Marvel Costume Kit 5" DLC.
• Star-Lord appears as an alternate skin in the Xbox and PlayStation versions of Minecraft via the "Guardians of the Galaxy" DLC pack.
• Star-Lord appears as an unlockable playable character in Marvel: Avengers Alliance.
• Star-Lord appears in Marvel Heroes.
• Three incarnations of Star-Lord appear as playable characters in Marvel Puzzle Quest.
• Star-Lord appears in Lego Marvel Super Heroes.
• Star-Lord appears as a playable character in Disney Infinity 2.0.
• Star-Lord appears as an unlockable playable character in Marvel Contest of Champions.
• Star-Lord appears as an unlockable playable character in Marvel: Future Fight.
• Star-Lord appears as a playable character in Disney Infinity 3.0.
• Star-Lord appears in Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series, voiced by Scott Porter as an adult and by Jeremy Shada as a kid.
• Star-Lord appears as a playable character in Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2, voiced by Kerry Shale.
• Star-Lord appears as a playable character in Marvel Strike Force.
• Star-Lord appears as a playable character in Marvel Powers United VR, voiced again by Chris Cox.
• Star-Lord appears in Marvel Battle Lines, voiced again by Will Friedle.
• Star-Lord appears as a playable character in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order, voiced again by Scott Porter.
• Star-Lord appears in Marvel Dimension of Heroes, voiced again by Will Friedle.
• Star-Lord appears as a purchasable outfit in Fortnite Battle Royale.
• Star-Lord appears as a playable character in Marvel Future Revolution, voiced again by Scott Porter. Additionally, several alternate reality versions of Star-Lord, such as one who became the guardian of a settlement on Sakaar and one who followed Angela into Niflheim, appear as NPCs.
• Star-Lord appears as a playable character in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy.
• Star-Lord appears in the digital collectible card game Marvel Snap.

Toys

• Star-Lord received a figure in the Marvel Universe toy line as part of a three pack with Drax the Destroyer, Rocket Raccoon, and a mini Groot accessory.
• Star-Lord received a figure in the Groot Build-A-Figure line.
• The MCU incarnation of Star-Lord received a figure from Hot Toys' 1:6 scale line.
• The MCU incarnation of Star-Lord's mask and weapons were released by Nerf as role-play toys.

Miscellaneous

• Star-Lord appears in Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: Breakout!, voiced by Chris Pratt.
• The Old Man Quill version of Star-Lord appears in Marvel's Wastelanders: Old Man Star-Lord, voiced by Timothy Busfield.

Collected editions

See also

In Spanish: Star-Lord para niños